Fictions of embassy : literature and diplomacy in early modern Europe /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hampton, Timothy
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Subjects:	1450-1789 European literature > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > History and criticism. European literature > 17th century > History and criticism. Diplomacy in literature. International relations in literature. Politics and literature > Europe > History. Diplomacy > History. LITERARY CRITICISM > European > General. Diplomacy Diplomacy in literature Diplomatic relations European literature European literature > Renaissance International relations in literature Politics and government Politics and literature Politische Kultur > Motiv Kulturkontakt > Motiv Literatur Diplomatie > Motiv Diplomatische Beziehungen Europe > Foreign relations. Europe > Politics and government > 1492-1648. Europe > Politics and government > 1648-1789. Europe > Relations extérieures. Europe > Politique et gouvernement > 1492-1648. Europe > Politique et gouvernement > 1648-1789. Europe Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : angels and pimps : toward a diplomatic poetics
Words and deeds : diplomacy and humanist fiction
The useful and the honorable : the ethics of mediation in the late Renaissance
Epic and the law of nations : Tasso's Jerusalem delivered
From Cortez to Camões : identity and authority in the discourse of discovery
Big states and small states : sovereignty, diplomatic recognition, and the theater of Pierre Corneille
Hamlet's diplomacy : state-building, dispatch, and revenge
The tragedy of delegation : diplomatic action and tragic form in Racine's Andromaque
Conclusion : in the Hôtel des Ambassadeurs.

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